Recruitment Manager (Maternity cover)
Location: GB, LND, EC4M 7AN
Department: Organisational Development

Company profile:

Job description:
Octopus is an investment company with a difference. It was established more than ten years ago to offer something unique to investment advisers and their clients. Our aim is to delight our customers with innovative products and exceptional service. Investing with Octopus should be a simple, enjoyable experience.We currently have more than £2.7 billion in assets under management and are a leading provider of tax and investment solutions for UK investors, offering a wide range of tax-efficient products, including venture capital trusts (VCTs), enterprise investment schemes (EIS) and inheritance tax products or similar (IHT).As well as our tax-efficient offerings, we also have a broad range of core and satellite investment solutions including a discretionary fund management service, award-winning multi-manager/multi-asset funds, and single manager funds. Octopus’ success is based on its 200 employees adopting and applying values that make great businesses: Customer obsession is about putting the customers’ needs at the heart of everything we do. We achieve this by listening, by making the complex simple and by delivering on our promises. Focus on impact is about making things happen. It’s about recognising and avoiding the distractions. And it’s about executing really, really well. Better and better is about having the humility to recognise that everything can be improved. We want a culture where everyone can put forward ideas and where people at all levels seek out, learn from and react positively to feedback. Personality matters at Octopus. We want people who are willing to roll up their sleeves, are passionate about what they do, and who retain their humility despite all they achieve.  We are honest, open and decent, always.  Octopus has won a number of awards for its products and customer service. We have twice been voted one of the best 100 SMEs to work for by the Sunday Times, and we are one of only two fund management companies to be AAA rated by financial advisers for customer service.     Position OverviewThis role will be responsible for driving, coordinating and delivering the recruitment, resourcing and on-boarding processes across Octopus Investments delivering across the whole business.  In addition to this core responsibility it will also entail ad-hoc value-add recruitment and HR projects. Essential Job FunctionsRecruitmentLiaise with senior management to provide end to end recruitment solutions across the business from establishing their recruitment needs, to recommending solutions for resourcing issues and onboarding successful candidates.Vendor Management, reviews and ongoing relationship management.Screen candidate applications to ensure cultural fit for Octopus through competency based interviews.Administer and manage psychometric/addition selection testing where appropriate On-boarding and inductionOversee coordination of new starter and induction processCoordinate and manage interview training programmes

Requirements:
Proven end to end recruitment lifecycle experience within an agency or in-house recruitmentteam. Competent at competency based interviews with experience of screening CVs and candidates.Exceptional eye for detail and organisational skills; ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities,  with the maturity to remain calm under pressureAbility to understand role requirements and match CVs and candidates accordinglyCalm, professional and engaging phone manner with an ability to explain a variety of roles, ‘sell’ Octopus and champion our culture and values.Possess the confidence and empathy required to pass feedback to candidates (good and bad!)Degree qualified or educational equivalent (ideally with business of HR related subjects) Non-essential Job FunctionsGeneral support work for other areas of HR/Organisational Development and Facilities Management (currently consists of 5 people) 

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